Paper box



(No Model.)

A. .0. JORDAN PAPER BOX.

No. 362,583. Patented May 10, 1887.

qwihwooeo UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

ARTHUR CLIFTON JORDAN, OF ERA, VIRGINIA.

' PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,583, dated May 10,1887.

Application filed February 25, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR CLIFTON J OR- DAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Era, in the county of Dinwiddie and State ofVirginia, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Paper Boxes, ofwhich the fol- 'lowing is a'specitication.

' The invention relates to improvements in paper boxes, and refersespecially to the class in which screws, tacks, and brads are packed forthe market.

The invention has for its object to make such a box economically, andone in which neither glue, brads, nor other extraneous uniting materialis used, the box being so formed that the parts connect themselves; andit consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts,hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out inthe claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofthe box closed. Fig. 2 represents a perspective'view with the mouth flapor tongue raised and the box slightly opened. Fig. 3 represents aperspective view of the box nearly completely open, showing how thefolds of paper at the corners of the box are made. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof the box-blank, showing the scores on which the paper is bent.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates thebox-blank, scored or creased longitudinally at a a at suitable and equaldistances from its edges, and provided with the transverse pairs ofscores or creases B B and b b, respectively, the members in each pairbeing equally distant apart.

The paper between the scores I) b forms the bottom end of the box whenthe parts are bent up, and the paper between the scores b and the edge00 of the blank then forms one side of the box, the paper betweenthescores b and B forming the other side. The parts must of course be ofequal length, and the corners of the edge 00 are rounded between thescores a a to make them fit more easily. The paper outside of the scoresa and between the scores 12 I) is scored diagonally from corner tocorner in each direction, making four triangular parts. The outertriangular part or piece is detached, and thereby forms a V-shapedrecess, 0, in each of the side edges of the blank, these re- Serial No.228,902. (No model.)

all three lying one above the other on the bottom of the box within thesame. the part 0 being uppermost, so as to bring the edge as inside thebox.

Near the edge 00, outside the scores a, the paper or blank is cutthrough at corresponding points on each side in curves which inclinefrom their inner extremities near the longitudinal score-lines a atoward the edge xof the blank, the concave sides of the curves facingthe side edges of the blank, as is obvious from Figs. 3 and 4. When thepaper between the ends of the curves is bent outward, the engaging lips01 dare formed. Similar lips are formed at corresponding points near thescore B. These lips are, however, bent inward, and are designated eachby d. Vhen the paper is folded up,the lips d d and d don the same sideengage with each other, and hold with a considerable degree of force asthey wedge upon each other. Each lip d passes through the opening thatforms the corresponding lip d to the outside of the box, the lipsdpassing in a similar manner to the inside of the box.

The portions of paper F F outside the scores a a, and between the scoresB B, are scored, as at f f on each side similarly to those between thescores I) b,- but none of the four parts so formed is detached. Outwardfrom the scores B the paper is rounded on its edges to form a tongue ormoutlrflap, E, the sides of which are in line with the scores a a, sothat it can be turned down and inserted into the box. 7

After the screws or tacks have been inserted in the box, the upper endof one side thereof, between the score-lines B B, isv bent over on theline B to form the top of the box. The flaps of the blank or paperletteredF fold inward on the line f toward each other, and lie foldedupon each other at the top of the box and above the screws or tackswithin. The

tongue is then slipped down in the box adjacent to the side thereof, andthe closing of the box is complete.

The box is much neater and cheaper than those in ordinary use, and, asshown, no glue nor brads, nor any uniting material or article, is usedin putting it together.

The form of the mouth enables a person to fill it more easily than theordinary box, as the tongue can be turned outward and the parts of paperF adjacent to the tongue and to the scores a a can be turned outward ontheir diagonal'scores f 2 f ,so as to prevent the screws ortaoksfromfalling outside when filling. The tongue and outwardly-bent parts alsomake it easier to deliveror take the screws or tacks from the box, as asuitable number can be gently shaken upon the turned-down tongue.

I do not wish to be limited to the use of my invention as a package orbox to contain screws, as I am aware that it can be advantageouslyemployed for other purposes-as, for instance, in packing and containingeigarettes. \Vheu the lips are properly pressed, their engagement isautomatic.

Having described my invention, I elain1- 1. In a box, thecombination,with the blank having the scores, substantially asdescribed, of the tongue or mouth-flap E and the portions of paper, F,adjacent to the same on each side, and provided with the diagonal scoresf f substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The hereindescribed blank for paper boxes, having the longitudinalscore-lines (I, a, the transverse score-lines B B and b b, the diagonalscore-lines located between the scorelincs I) I) and outside of thescore-linesaa, the V-shaped recesses 0, formed between the diagonalscore-lines in the sides of the blank, 3. mouth-flap at one end of theblank, and the corner flaps, F, between the score-lines B B, outside thelines a a, said corner flaps having the diagonal seore-linesf", as andfor the purpose described.

3. The herein -deseribcd blank for paper boxes, having the longitudinalscore-lines a a, the transverse score-lines B B and I) b, the diagonalscore-lines located between the scorelines 11 b, the mouth-flap at oneend of the blank, and the lips formed on the sides of the blank outsidethe score-lines a (L and between the score-lines B B b b, the lipsformed 011 the inner portion of the paper being bent outward and thoseon the outer portion bent inward, whereby the said lips are caused toengage automatically upon the folding of the box, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR CLIFTON JORDAN.

\Vi tuesses:

R0131. C. RIVES, F. M. ORITTENDEN.

